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Letter to Santa
10x10 oil on panel, black floater frame
This little girl isn’t leaving anything to chance as she hands her letter to Santa directly to the Postman. She’s going to get that damned bike, if she has to walk to the North Pole to get it. I like her chutzpah.
I found the original photo for this painting on the Library of Congress website but I decided to add a little color to it.
Day 17 of 25 paintings in December 2021
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before
10x10 oil on panel, black floater frame
I couldn’t help but notice the body language of the boy in this painting. I want to tell that little girl that "he's just not that into you," but experience tells me, she won't listen.
Like so many, I was involved in an unrequited love situation in my teens. We've all been there. The obsessing and daydreaming ... I can only hope Remington Steele was able to move on. (I never meant to hurt him).
Many thanks to @secretlifeofnell on IG for allowing me to use their photo as a reference.
Day 18 of 25 paintings in December 2021
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Bicycle Thief
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6x6 oil on panel, black floater frame
This scene looks to me like a little girl has stolen her big sister’s bike, and is pedaling for life. It immediately reminded me of my childhood best friend, and her evil older sister. The older sister who would have killed us if she knew how many times we went into her room and touched her things. That’s right. Put our dirty paws … on her things. She warned us to keep out. But we didn’t. (The seventies were a lawless time).
I’m rooting for this tiny bike thief.
Day 21 of 25 paintings in December 2021
Many thanks to @mybelair62 on Tumblr for allowing me to use their photo as a reference.
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Making Christmas Cookies
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6x6 oil on panel, black floater frame
This adult appears to be making cookies with a child. What? And also … follow up question … Why?
Gawbless all the parents who let their small children “help” in the kitchen. Seriously, they deserve all the medals.
Life hack: Never let a child help you bake a cake, unless you have no desire to eat any cake.
Day 24 of 25 paintings in December 2021
Many thanks to @secretlifeofnell on Instagram for allowing me to use their photo as a reference.
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24 Years B.C. (Before Cellphones)
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20x16 Oil on Canvas. Black Floater Frame.
This painting is currently (Sept 18th - Oct 24th 2021) being shown at The Teresa Haag Studio & Gallery 2nd Anniversary Show in Phoenixville, PA. https://www.teresahaag.com/anniversaryshow Along with work from 6 other artists.
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Title: 24 Years B.C. (Before Cellphones)
16x20 oil on canvas
That's right kids, before phones could send texts, take pictures, and play YouTube videos, we used them to talk to other people. And in my mom’s case, for hours at a time … can you even imagine? We had a phone on the wall in the kitchen with a super long chord so she could reach the sink and stove while still talking to her friend. I’m surprised her head wasn’t permanently stuck in a crooked position, for all the time she spent holding the phone to her ear.
When I was growing up, we didn’t even have an “answering machine”. So, if you couldn’t get a hold of someone, you’d have to call them *again*. I know. It was horrifying. Possibly the worst thing about this time was having only ONE phone number for our ENTIRE family. Truly, no idea how we all survived.
The original image is a “found photo” in the collection of @houseofmirthphoto on Instagram. Many thanks to them for allowing me to paint their photo.
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O.G. Soccer Mom
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9x12 Oil on aluminum panel
Bottle o' red. Lit cigar. No shoes. No carin'. And I do mean “no carin’” as she must have seen the person with the camera standing right in front of her, but she was undeterred. I respect that about her. Anyone could tell you that if I had been a mom, I would never have drunk wine in the stands of my children’s soccer game. Except for people who know me. They’d tell you this is EXACTLY the kind of mom I would be.
The original image is a “found photo” (I love vernacular photography). Many thanks to @womenofthe1900s on Instagram for allowing me to use their photo for reference.
Betty White, Breakfast of Champions
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10x10 Oil on panel. Black Floater Frame.
This painting is currently (Sept 18th - Oct 24th 2021) being shown at The Teresa Haag Studio & Gallery 2nd Anniversary Show in Phoenixville, PA. https://www.teresahaag.com/anniversaryshow Along with work from 6 other artists.
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Title: Betty White, Breakfast of Champions
10x10 oil on panel, black floater frame
If ever there were a champion of comedy … Betty White would be that Champion. With a capital “C”. I honestly don’t even know how Betty White has not yet been featured on a box of Wheaties. This painting got me thinking, there are two kinds of women … those who see the glass as half empty, and those who eschew the glass and fill their cereal bowl with Whiskey. Betty White is clearly in the latter category, and that’s what makes her America’s favorite spicy grandma.
I think I first saw her in the Mary Tyler Moore show, or was it the Carol Burnett Show? She’s been hilarious in everything I’ve seen her in, and I wish she would adopt me. The screen shot I used for this painting is from the TV show Hot in Cleveland, which started in 2010 and ran for six seasons.
I also love Ms. White for her dedication to pet and animal welfare organizations. The woman is a goddamned National Treasure. (When I was typing this, Microsoft Word warned me that, “This language may be offensive to your reader”. And I told Microsoft Word if they’re offended by that … they won’t be “my reader” for long, and it’s best to agree we can never be friends, sooner, rather than later.)
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